# мѫжь
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* моужь (mužĭ), мѫжъ (mǫžŭ)
* ⰿⱘⰶⱐ (mǫžĭ) — Glagolitic

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

### Noun

мѫжь • (mǫžĭ) m
* man
* male
* husband
** from the Story of Ahikar:
    нь блоуди се ѿ блоуда паче и ѿ моужате жене да не приде гьневь б҃жы на те.nĭ bludi se otŭ bluda pače i otŭ mužate žene da ne pride gĭnevĭ b:žy na te.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* безмѫжьнъ (bezmǫžĭnŭ)
* мѫжати (mǫžati)
* мѫжатица (mǫžatica)
* мѫжеблажьствьѥ (mǫžeblažĭstvĭje)
* мѫжеженъ (mǫžeženŭ)
* мѫжеложьѥ (mǫželožĭje)
* мѫжьство (mǫžĭstvo)

#### Descendants

* Bulgarian: мъж (mǎž)

#### See also

| отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”) | Male | Female |
| parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) | отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
| sibling | братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
| child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”) |
| grandparent | дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
| grandchild | въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”) | – (“granddaughter”) |
| great-grandparent | прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”) | – (“great-grandmother”) |
| mother's sibling | оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”) | – (“maternal aunt”) |
| father's sibling | стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”) | – (“paternal aunt”) |
| sibling's child | братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”) | братана (bratana, “niece”) |
| cousin | братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”) | братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”) |
| spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”) | жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”) |
| parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of husband | дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
| stepchild | пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”) | – (“stepdaughter”) |
| step-parent | отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”) | мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”) |

### References

* Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

## Old East Slavic
### Alternative forms

* мужь (mužĭ)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic мѫжь (mǫžĭ) and Old Polish mąż.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmõʑɪ/→/ˈmuʑɪ/→/ˈmuʑ/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈmõʑɪ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈmuʑɪ/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈmuʑ/
* Hyphenation: мѫ‧жь

### Noun

мѫжь (mǫžĭ) m
* man
* husband

#### Coordinate terms

* (man): жена (žena, “woman”)
* (husband): жена (žena, “wife”)

#### Descendants

* Old Ruthenian: мужъ (muž)
** Belarusian: муж (muž)
** Carpathian Rusyn: муж (muž)
** Ukrainian: муж (muž)
* Russian: муж (muž)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мужь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 189